When you create a Facebook data object, you specify the query parameter that the Data Integration Service uses to search for Facebook data. The query parameter must include the mandatory parameter. Each resource has one mandatory parameter.

You can use Facebook search operators in the query parameter for all the resources. The operators are defined in the Facebook developer documentation. For example, you specify the following query parameter to extract the pages that contain the keywords BMW and limit the number of results to 100:

The following table describes the mandatory parameter for each resource:

Resource	Mandatory Parameter	Description
Page-Feed	PAGE_ID	Page feed search. Specify the ID or name of a page for the news feed you want to retrieve from the page. For example, you specify the following parameter to extract news feed from a page: PAGE_ID=natgeotv.india or PAGE_ID=62103854902 The query parameter does not support a comma separated list of IDs or names.
Page-Info	PAGE_ID	Page search. Specify the Page-Info query parameter in the following formats: In the following query parameter, specify the ID of the page you want to retrieve: PAGE_ID=131747896861126 In the following query parameter, specify the name of the page you want to retrieve: PAGE_ID=Samsung In the following query parameter, specify a list of IDs or names of the pages you want to retrieve: PAGE_ID=file:///export/qa_adp/FB_Page_ID.txt
Friends	USER	Current user. Specify the user ID or the Facebook operator me for the list of friends of the current user. For example, you specify the following query parameter to extract a list of IDs and names of the friends of the active user's profile: USER=me
Group Feed	GROUP_ID	Group feed search. Specify the ID or name of the group for the group news feed you want to retrieve. The query parameter does not support a comma separated list of IDs or names. For example, you specify the following parameter to extract information about the news feed of the group: GROUP_ID=Harvard or GROUP_ID=218871661504742
Group Info	GROUP_ID	Group search. Specify the Group Info query parameter in the following formats: In the following query parameter, specify the ID of the group for the group information you want to retrieve: GROUP_ID=218871661504742 In the following query parameter, specify a list of user IDs of the group for the group information you want to retrieve: GROUP_ID= file:///export/qa_adp/FB_Profile_ID.txt
Group Members	GROUP_ID	Group search. Specify the ID of the group for the list of members you want to retrieve. For example, you specify the following parameter to extract information about the list of members in a group. GROUP_ID=218871661504742
Profile Feed	USER	Current user or user. Specify the Profile Feed query parameter in the following formats: In the following query parameter, specify the user ID to extract the news feeds of the user: USER=100003672900818 In the following query parameter, specify the user name to extract the news feed of the user: USER=chris12 In the following query parameter, specify the Facebook operator me for the news feeds of the current user: USER=me
Self	USER	Current user or user. Specify the Self query parameter in the following formats: In the following query parameter, specify the user ID for the profile of the user you want to extract: USER=100003672900818 In the following query parameter, specify the user name for the profile of the user you want to extract: : USER=chris12 In the following query parameter, specify the Facebook operator me for the profile of the current user: USER=me In the following query parameter, specify a list of user IDs or user names for the profile of the user: USER=file:///export/qa_adp/FB_Profile_ID.txt
Search-Event	QUERY	Search keyword. Specify the keyword to search for events. For example, you specify the following query parameter to extract the events that contain the keywords Apple Developer: QUERY=Apple Developer
Search-Group	QUERY	Search keyword. Specify the keyword to search for groups. For example, you specify the following query parameter to extract the groups that contain the keywords Jackson: QUERY=Jackson
Search-Page	QUERY	Search keyword. Specify the keyword to search for pages. For example, you specify the following query parameter to extract the pages that contain the keywords BMW: QUERY=BMW
Search-Post	QUERY	Search keyword. Specify the keyword to search for posts. For example, you specify the following query parameter to extract the posts that contain the keywords iPad: QUERY=iPad